1860-1860 House Gustav Mahler Kaliste - House No. 9 (Birthplace). Registry of births led by the Jewish congregation in Dolni Kralovice, with an entry of Gustav's birth. 07-07-1860 (?) was registered as the day of the circumcision, carried out by David Kraus from Ledec. Ignatz Weiner and Anton Kern, both from Ledec, are registered as godfathers. Number 16 (is row 2 on the photo). Document in the National Archives in Prague. Synagogue.

Mahler’s family came from the land below Blanik Hill. The surname “Mahler“ appeared first on a list of Jews of 1793 in the municipality of Chmelna, near Vlasim. The family’s founder, Abraham Mahler (1720-1800) was a synagogue singer who earned his living by preparing kosher foods.

In the same year the family moved to Kaliste, near Humpolec, and settled in house No. 52 (demolished in 1980s), which included a distillery. Simon Mahler (1793-1865) was first a tenant, and in 1838 he became the owner of this distillery. The prosperity of his business was also helped greatly by abolition of the harshest laws, which in the revolutionary years of 1848-1849 limited both the movement and the business of Jews.